The Noisebridge Orchestra is a free and open ensemble of handmade instruments. If you build your own instrument (of wood, metal, circuits, or code), then you can perform with the Orchestra. No music experience required.

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===THE ORCHESTRA===

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The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone on planet Earth can be a member of the orchestra. No music experience required.

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Music performed by the Orchestra gives meaning and shape to Noise. Noise is a bridge to enlightenment: a Noisebridge.

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==PHILOSOPHY==

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The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the community to come together, away from the dramas, the mailing lists, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration.

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(Note: this project is about good vibes and good humor. No drama please, and let’s not take ourselves too seriously :)

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We give shape and meaning to chaos. We transform noise into something which is not chaos. Noise as a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.

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Some ask for a moment of silence; I ask for a moment of noise.

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===NEXT PERFORMANCE===

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==MAILING LIST==

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Join the Sound-Hacks mailing list, for music hacking discussion and announcements:

To: help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, snacks and drinks. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.

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To help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Videographer, Photographer. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.

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===SCORE===

===SCORE===

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This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music. The composer has provided instructions below. The composer will conduct, and provide further instructions at the performance.

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This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.

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'''MOVEMENTS'''

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'''Movements'''

* '''Bedlam:''' During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.

* '''Bedlam:''' During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.

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* '''Pulse:''' Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.

* '''Pulse:''' Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.

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===PLAYER GUIDELINES===

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If you build your own instrument (of mineral, vegetable, circuitry, or code), then you've already passed the audition. No music experience required.

* Raw Hi-Def Video. Unedited, but organized by activity (circuit making with Johny Radio, circuit bending with Martin, skatchbox building with Tom Nunn, Ari's coding session, and Moldover's midi session). The files can be downloaded and used by anyone for anything. You'll get faster download speed inside Noisebridge.

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http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Hack%20June%202013/

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* Mexican Noise: Unplanned Noise Battle between a live mariachi guitarist and Mexican pop radio, witnessed at a local taqueria the same weekend as the Noise Jam.

The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the community to come together, away from the dramas, the mailing lists, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration.

We give shape and meaning to chaos. We transform noise into something which is not chaos. Noise as a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.

This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.

Movements

Bedlam: During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.

Whisper: This movement will begin with the quietest instruments in the Orchestra. Throughout the movement, players are asked to play as quietly as possible, and to listen carefully to the other instruments. Lull the audience into a dreamlike state. 5 min.

Pulse: Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.

Raw Hi-Def Video. Unedited, but organized by activity (circuit making with Johny Radio, circuit bending with Martin, skatchbox building with Tom Nunn, Ari's coding session, and Moldover's midi session). The files can be downloaded and used by anyone for anything. You'll get faster download speed inside Noisebridge.